Am C G Em
Am C G Am

Am           C           G        Em
Crickets are chirpin' the water is high
          Am          C             G            Am
There's a soft cotton dress on the line hangin' dry
Am            C     G       Em
Window's wide open African trees
Am          C             G         Am
Bent over backwards in a hurricane breeze
G
Not a word, a goodbye, not even a note
      Am            C           G          Am
She's gone with the man in the long black coat

Am        C        G       Em
Somebody seem him hangin' around
       Am         C           G            Am
At the old dance hall on the outskirts of town
           Am       C             G              Em
He looked into her eyes when she stopped him to ask
      Am         C             G           Am
If he wanted to dance he had a face like a mask
G
Somebody said, from the Bible he quote
          Am           C          G          Am
There was dust on the man in the long black coat

Am            C                G         Em
Preacher was talkin' there's a sermon he gave
        Am          C              G          Am
He said every man's conscience is vile and depraved
    Am        C          G          Em
You cannot depend on it to be your guide
          Am      C           G    Am
When it's you who must keep it satisfied
G
It ain't easy to swallow, it sticks in the throat
             Am           C         G          Am
She give her heart to the man in the long black coat

[Bridge]

One, two...
F                              C
There are no mistakes in life some people say
      Am                   G              Am
It's true sometimes you can see it that way
F                         C
People don't live or die, people just float
             Am           C           G          Am
She give her heart to the man in the long black coat

[Solo]

        Am           C           G                Em
There's smoke on the water, it's been there since June
Am            C              G            Am
Tree trunks uprooted in the high crescent moon
         Am          C              G        Em
Hear the pulse and vibrations and the rumblin' force
Am         C          G            Am
Somebody's out there beating on a dead horse
G
She never said nothin', there was nothin' she wrote
      Am            C           G          Am
She's gone with the man in the long black coat
      Am            C           G          Am
She's gone with the man in the long black coat